U.S. strikes on Syrian army posts in Deir ez-Zor reportedly kills 12 troopsMay 24, 2018 - 13:01 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The alleged U.S. airstrikes on the Syrian Arab Army’s (SAA) positions in the Deir ez-Zor countryside killed a dozen soldiers, the pro-opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights claimed on Thursday, May 24 morning. Al-Masdar News said it has reached out to the Syrian military to confirm the SOHR claims; however, no response has been given. Shortly after the alleged airstrikes, the Syrian military stated there were no casualties, but this could have changed overnight. Meanwhile, Russian military sources close to both Russia Today and RIA Novosti claimed that the U.S. did not launch any airstrikes over the Deir ez-Zor countryside last night. More details from the Syrian military are expected to be released later this afternoon. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |